The sacked speaker of Catalonia's parliament left a prison near Madrid on Friday hours after supporters posted her 150,000-euro ($175,000) bail, ending her brief detention over the region's controversial independence drive.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani praised a motion passed by the Iranian Parliament to counteract Washington’s adventurous and terrorist acts in the Middle East and described its approval as a sign of “the Iranian nation’s determination” to counter the moves by the White House.